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Gibraltar deputy leader meets US lawmakers during UK-organised visit to Washington DC

GIBRALTAR’S Deputy Chief Minister Joseph Garcia met with members of the US Congress in Washington DC as part of a pandemic-suspended UK programme. Garcia updated

24 May, 2023 @ 09:00

Gibraltar·Lead

IN TRIBUTE: Late author Guy Hunter-Watts took Olive Press readers on a walk through the wilds of Andalucia’s Cazorla

FIRST PUBLISHED JULY 22, 2018 Guy Hunter-Watts, author of several walking guides to Andalucía, heads off piste for a jaw-dropping gorge adventure in the wilds

24 May, 2023 @ 08:45

Andalucia·Exploring Spain·Lead·Olive Press Travel

‘HUMBLING’: Gibraltar eye doctor helps out Guatemalan children get glasses on top London hospital charity trip

AN eye specialist from Gibraltar has said she was humbled by taking part in a non-profit trip with a world-famous London eye hospital testing the

24 May, 2023 @ 08:30

Gibraltar·Lead

Spain’s New Startup Law is exciting, so who can benefit?

Alastair Johnson from Moving to Spain explores Spain’s new Startup Law. The Startup Law took effect on January 1, 2023 – aiming to boost entrepreneurship and innovation

23 May, 2023 @ 21:46

Travel News

How March's heavy rain in Spain helped inflation rate to big fall

‘DANA’ weather front wreaks havoc in Spain’s Murcia, Almeria and Alicante

A WEATHER front known in Spanish as a DANA has caused major flooding and damage in Murcia, Almeria and Alicante. There are also weather warnings

23 May, 2023 @ 17:00

Lead·Weather

UK’s Young Shakespeare Company puts on ‘Hamlet’ for over 2,500 students from Gibraltar schools

THE Young Shakespeare Company kept over 2,500 students from Gibraltar’s upper primary and secondary school on the edge of their seats last week. The UK

23 May, 2023 @ 16:44

Gibraltar·Lead

Home Robbery Gang Consisting Of Family Members Steal Over €1 Million Of Items From Costa Blanca And Valencia Area In Spain

Home robbery gang involving family clan steal over €1 million of items from Costa Blanca and Valencia area in Spain

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has broken up an East European gang who stole over a €1 million of items in home break-ins across the Valencian Community

23 May, 2023 @ 15:45

Barcelona·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencia·Valencian Community

Gibraltar Year 12 student wins prize for her creative writing in competition with three other countries

AN A-LEVEL student from Westside School won a trophy for her storytelling skills after local judge Jonathan Pizzaro praised her ‘strong sense of place’. Angelina

23 May, 2023 @ 15:11

Gibraltar·Lead

In hot water: Viral tweet sparks fierce debate about how much Spaniards, and Europeans, shower

A VIRAL tweet has sparked lively online debate about how often Spaniards shower compared to their European counterparts. The answer? Less than the Italians but

23 May, 2023 @ 15:00

Health·Lead

Neil Russell Is Bound For Barcelona[151149]

EPIC RUN: Man with Parkinson’s running from London to Barcelona hailed as an inspiration by Paxman

A 65 year-old man with Parkinson’s who is coming to Barcelona after a 970-mile run from London has been hailed as ‘an inspiration’ by the

23 May, 2023 @ 14:15

Catalunya·Lead·Sport

Guardia Civil seeks gunman responsible for fatal July 2022 shooting at Rules dam, in Spain’s Granada

THE Guardia Civil is asking the public to help find a dangerous drug trafficker who shot two people on the Rules dam, in the municipality

23 May, 2023 @ 13:35

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Other News

Madrid’s Prado Museum to welcome award-winning author JM Coetzee for special three-week stay

MADRID’S Prado Museum will be welcoming Nobel laureate JM Coetzee for a special three-week stay as he becomes the first author to get involved in

23 May, 2023 @ 13:30

Don't Miss·La Cultura·Lead·Madrid·Olive Press Travel

4 bedroom Villa for sale in Torrevieja with pool garage – € 299,900

Torrevieja, Alicante 4 beds 2 baths € 299,900 Welcome to our real estate! Today we present you a magnificent independent villa, fully furnished

23 May, 2023 @ 13:05

Featured Property

EXCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION: PP candidate for mayor in Mojacar (Almeria) allegedly misused municipality funds to benefit his father’s business

PP candidate for mayor of Mojacar Francisco ‘Fran’ Garcia allegedly misused municipality funds to benefit his father’s business Garcia is said to have bought over

23 May, 2023 @ 12:59

Almeria·Andalucia·Lead·Politics

Police arrest four men for hanging dummy of Real Madrid player Vinicius from bridge in Spain

THE POLICIA NACIONAL have arrested four men suspected of hanging a dummy of Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior from a Madrid area bridge in January.

23 May, 2023 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Sport

Water Taxis To Replace Spain's Mar Menor Ferry Which Has Not Sailed Since December

Water taxis replacing Spain’s Mar Menor ferry which has not sailed since December

SAN JAVIER council has replaced the grounded Mar Menor ferry service with a fleet of water taxis. For reasons unknown, the popular ferry between Santiago

23 May, 2023 @ 12:00

Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

Drone discovers 7,000 year-old cave paintings in inaccessible areas of Spain’s Alicante area

AN Alicante University team has used a drone to get down inaccessible caves and record video footage of 7,000 year-old rock paintings. The works found

23 May, 2023 @ 11:15

Alicante·La Cultura·Lead·Valencian Community

Medical first in Spain, as baby is born to mother who received transplanted uterus

IN A MEDICAL first in Spain, a baby has been born to a woman who received a uterus transplant. The child, Jesus, was delivered by

23 May, 2023 @ 10:30

Barcelona·Health·Lead

Summer to be 'warmer than normal' in Spain after fifth-wettest spring since 1961

Summers in Spain’s Malaga are FIVE WEEKS longer than four decades ago study reveals

NEW climate change data has revealed that Malaga summers are now five weeks longer than they were in the 80s. According to Predictia, a spin-off

23 May, 2023 @ 10:00

Lead·Malaga·Weather

Spain’s king and queen attend daughter’s graduation ceremony in Wales

SPANISH KING Felipe VI and Queen Letizia were in Wales on Saturday for their daughter Leonor’s graduation ceremony from Atlantic College in Vale of Glamorgan.

23 May, 2023 @ 09:15

Lead

Three towns in Spain’s Malaga that interest foreigners more than Spaniards to buy a home

LARGE coastal towns and beach urban centres are typically the main destinations in Malaga for foreigners in search of a home, however, some towns, specifically

23 May, 2023 @ 08:45

Lead·Malaga·Other News

Spain’s Sierra Nevada ironically receives biggest snowfall of the year a month after ski season ended

THE rain and stormy weather that is currently sweeping across Spain left heavy snowfall in Sierra Nevada yesterday, May 22. The ski resort is currently

23 May, 2023 @ 08:00

Environment·Granada·Lead

German police to search Algarve reservoir in hunt for Madeleine McCann

POLICE divers are preparing to search a reservoir in Portugal for missing British toddler Madeleine McCann. The German investigators have been given permission for a

22 May, 2023 @ 18:23

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Demolition of expensive ‘white elephant’ building begins on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BULLDOZERS have started demolishing an infamous empty ‘white elephant’ building in Pilar de la Horadada that has been a drain on public money ever since

22 May, 2023 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Pedro Del Hierro Fashion Show At The Mercedes Benz Fashion Week In Madrid, Spain 16 Feb 2023

Spanish wedding drama of Enrique Iglesias’s sister, the Marchioness of Griñón

SHE is an aristocrat, half sister to Enrique Iglesias and a TV personality boasting her own Netflix reality series called Lady Tamara. And the long-running

22 May, 2023 @ 16:30

Celebrity·Lead

DON’T MISS The Best of What’s on in Spain

Top events in Spain for the week and month ahead from Malaga to Palma via Granada, Ibiza and Madrid THIS WEEK Madrid en Danza (until

22 May, 2023 @ 15:54

Andalucia·Don't Miss·Olive Press Travel

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